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Not a book, but a play: "Descartes and Pascal", about a historical encounter of these two mathematicians. It was in part translated into Polish and I remember reading it in this version. I could not recall the name of the author. Googling gives Jean De Clouse, by a reference to a stage version in Marathi:

Written by Jean De Clouse and translated into Marathi by Madhuri Purandare, the play's subject derives from a historical meeting between philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascal, a mathematician, physicist and philosopher himself. This meeting took place on 23rd September 1646.

If someone could confirm or correct the authorship or/and the title, he/she is welcome. There are other reference references to the meeting on the web, but not to the play:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/when-blaise-pascal-met-rene-descartes-1337242.html

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Not a book, but a play: "Descartes and Pascal", about a historical encounter of these two mathematicians. It was in part translated into Polish and I remember reading it in this version. I could not recall the name of the author. Googling gives Jean De Clouse, by a reference to a stage version in Marathi:

Written by Jean De Clouse and translated into Marathi by Madhuri Purandare, the play's subject derives from a historical meeting between philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascal, a mathematician, physicist and philosopher himself. This meeting took place on 23rd September 1646.

If someone could confirm or correct the authorship, he/she is welcome. There are other reference to the meeting on the web, but not to the play:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/when-blaise-pascal-met-rene-descartes-1337242.html